Xperia Z1 gets pen mod – use a pencil as a stylus

The Sony Xperia Z Ultra was unique in that you could navigate the display by using a pen or pencil. For once you didn’t need a capacitive stylus to do the same thing. Now apparently the Xperia Z1 also supports this feature, but Sony disabled it for one reason or another. A new mod enables this, bringing pencil/pen stylus support to the Xperia Z1.

The mod comes courtesy of RyokoN from XDA. AOKP originally introduced the mod, but RyokoN has enabled it on stock Sony Xperia ROMS. To install it there is an apk (download here), although root is required. When using pen mode it increases the sensitivity of the touchscreen, so you’ll need to use the toggle switch to turn it off when not you’re not using a stylus. For further information click here.

watch for scratches on the screen, after all our z1 is protected by a non replaceble plastic film over a shitty non oleophobic”scratch resistant glass”.. man ! when are they gonna use gorilla glass!!!???

I don’t know but when I use my fingers (first image) nothing happens, but after using a pen /pencil the option to open notes and sketch appears on the notification bar(second), I guess is automatic the toggle because I don’t notice any difference

Chris

Works perfectly on my z1. I’d be careful using a pen to write with, it might scratch the screen protector. Pencil graphite is much softer so less chance of scratching.

inspire

Graphite: the second hardest thingy after diamond! Just saying. :p

Michael Hofmann

If disabled on the Z1 perhaps we’ll see it on the Z2 as a “new feature” and the Z1will get support with KitKat

arrow

wow, it works with a knife too

beta

No… graphite is just another allotrope of carbon. Hardness for both of them are entirely different.

Mohammed Khired

fuck , i don’t wanna root my phone

beta

That’s a little rude don’t u think

NorthWood

At least Japanese variant of Z1 compact has it. It also have glove mode.

sony

It may sound rude, but I have to tell him the truth

Micro

why not? it doesn’t hurt if you don’t mess with the bootloader :)

jag

Yep.. It is automatic when you’re in pen mode like in Z ultra

Penk?n?i?f?e?

Awesome! Now my pocket Penknife can be used as a pen too!

Julio Spinoza

Yeah I can figure it that. But in the article it says that after using the pen you need to toggle off the stylus but in my case ( I don’t know if others) is.not.necessary because is automatic. Regards!

hansip

You know what’s softer? Take a cheap chopstick, cut them like pencil with pencil shaver, and dip it into water and make it a bit dry on the outside to prevent spills on the screen and then use it as pencil. I guarantee there won’t be any scratch mark. :) proved with my XZU at least..

JG

Crazy!

KRAKEN

Can this mod work on Xperia zr?
Please contact the developer and let me know.
Also is there an easy way to root zr on 4.3?
i mean not flashing method but toolkit method.

Berg

ZR is not the same platform as Z Ultra and Z1, so no..

Berg

Ignore the idiots below.. The Z is still a great phone.

However.. Xperia Z is a completely different platform than Z1, Ultra and Z1 compact so this will not work on the Z.

my phone is not outdated.
if that mod would be for my phone…i will use it 1 time to show it my friends.”Look what my phone can do!”….thats it….and for that it isn’t worth to buy a new phone. Do you draw yoour masterpiece artworks on your phone ? No!…..so who is the dumb? You!

SonyFan

Thanks for your reply.
The idiot bellow got his answer :)

Mohammed Khired

thanks man …

Mohammed Khired

this guide needs unlocking the bootloader

Micro

you’re right, I found that too, but on XDA there are much more options, for both locked and unlocked BLs. The downgrade will be required first though.
But still, you don’t need to touch bootloader to root – doomlord’s easy rooting kit allows it (one of previous fw), VROOT works great too (I rooted my XS with it in seconds, and it have unlockable BL). So it is possible, only not on every firmware.

Omg I want this feature on my Z1 so bad but don’t want to root/or no how to root

Mohammed Khired

the difference is we need to root our xperia z1 in order to get this feature

Micro

dude, you really should try it, it’s AWESOME! I have rooted it without touching BL, and in fact, now I can make a backup of it’s state lol (the whole TA partition) :D
Oh good days, welcome back! The precious Android 4.2.2 and its Bluetooth work again FLAWLESSLY! :D and this pen thing, I love it! I don’t care about 4.3 anymore, the worst android I had so far, and even Sony can’t change this sh*t, even with themes. I’m officially waiting for 4.4 with the perfect Z1-4.2.2-rooted & ready to take some scratches haha >:)

Mohammed Khired

and the camera ? lol

i don’t care about the bootloader anymore , but im stuck on it…

i didn’t know unlocking the boot loader is so damn hard !!!

Micro

actually unlocking the BL would be the easiest thing on the planet :P (assuming you got unlockable one and you’ve sent your imei to sony and asked for code)

and the camera is still cool :D (oh, word caution if you actually want to do this, downgrading below 4.3 can/most likely will break your IMEI, you have to use the NUT’s firmware to downgrade, you will find it on XDA)

not the way you didn’t notice before :P yes, it works great (nothing changed)
camera breaks after BL unlocking on android 4.2 (they fixed it in 4.3 though), rooting doesn’t affect it (if you ask about this)

Indian

What the hell. Geekyguides.com says there is no download for my region to root Z1.

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